Mumbai, April 22 :
Mumbai, April 22:
Vidya Manohar Chhabria today succeeded her late husband Manohar Rajaram Chhabria at the helm of 10 Jumbo group companies in India.
In her maiden address to group business heads, she stressed on a three-point agenda namely, enhancement of profitability of group companies, emphasising on human resource management and improving the reputation of the group. Chhabria emphasised that there will be no change in the business vision, policies and priorities of the group. 'All the projects and programs that the founder chairman had initiated will be implemented in total earnestness,' she reiterated.
Earlier, escorted by her three daughters-Bhavika Godhwani, Komal Wazir and Kiran Chhabria-Vidya Chhabria arrived at 10 am at Hamilton House, the group's corporate headquarters in Ballard Estate.
Her first day in office was marked by back-to-back board meetings starting with group flagship Shaw Wallace Ltd, and followed by meetings of nine other boards, where the
agenda was the same-co-opting her on the board of the
group companies as the
chairperson and director.
Her initiation into the hurly-burly corporate world today began with tributes to her late husband Manu Chabbria, as board members recalled his contribution to the company. The thirteen days of mourning was over yesterday, but a few religious ceremonies had to be completed, as a result of which today's press conference was cancelled at the last moment.
Addressing group business heads, she reiterated that there would be no change in the business approach or strategy of running the company. 'She asked officials to single mindedly devote themselves to the projects and programmes,' sources revealed.
She recounted the contribution of her late husband and said while some of the work was completed during his lifetime like the successful restructuring of Shaw Wallace, a few tasks still remain to be done.





